Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Legend of Peach Blossom Village
Su Jiuling lowered his head and smiled bitterly, picked up the horse and walked towards the sea of flowers.
Now that the villagers were scared away, and he had entered the village, there was no need to go to the villagers again and ask for their permission.
There are about 30 families in Taohuayuan Village, each of which is made of wood, and it sits in a jagged radius of several miles, but they all have one thing in common: they are all built on the waterfront, and they are all on the same side of the water source.
A two-meter-wide stream flows from east to west, from high to low, and the clear water is home to many fatty fish, and the distance from the house to the stream is about five meters, and it is very easy for the villagers to get water from here.
The distance from the house to the creek is covered with green grass, and unlike the loess that you see when you enter from the entrance of the village, it is a scene full of life.
Walking into the residential area, the distance between the houses is very wide, but the width that can be walked down is limited, and most of the places are planted with green grass.
Su Jiuling led the horse and barely walked on the loess road more than one person wide.
Stepping out of the residential area, you will see a green patch of hills, covered in dazzling green, almost all of the cols are planted with lush pine and cypress trees, and a narrow blue stream flows quietly; Su Jiuling looked at everything spectacular in front of him, and his excitement couldn't be expressed in words.
He couldn't help but say, "It's really a paradise!" ”
Su Jiuling looked at the right-hand side, and a large piece of pink came into view, here, this piece of pink seemed to be a little out of place, but it was so beautifully inlaid that it made you feel that it was always a pity to miss it.
He led the horse and headed towards the sea of flowers.
From a distance, there are two small black dots standing at the end of the sea of flowers, getting closer, getting closer.
It turned out that the adults were leading the children to see the flowers!
"Mother-in-law!" Su Jiuling stepped forward to say hello.
The old man turned his head, and saw that it was an unfamiliar face, with a frightened expression on his face, she hurriedly took her grandson's little hand, and staggered back, the little boy looked at the old man with an anxious and terrifying face in puzzlement, and then looked at Su Jiuling with an expressionless face, he shook off the old man's hand suddenly, and stood in front of Su Jiuling with a fierce attitude.
"You're a bad person! You're not welcome, you're leaving! The little boy was waiting for Su Jiuling fiercely.
Su Jiuling bent down, looked at the little boy at eye level, and said good-naturedly: "Little friend, I'm not a bad person, I'll leave here when I'm done." ”
The little boy was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You are a bad person!" Villain! There you go! You go! As he spoke, he stepped forward and pulled Su Jiuling's sleeve.
When the old man saw this, his face was terrified, and he hurriedly dragged his grandson to him, took his hand and was about to leave.
Su Jiuling looked at them with a flustered look, a little unbearable, but he didn't step forward to disturb them again after all; For the villagers living here, Su Jiuling was an intruder, an intruder who would pose a threat to their lives.
More than 100 years ago, it was devastated by the invasion and killing of invaders, which turned it into a hell on earth. The villagers died, and those who fled.
This period of history has been described in detail in the history books, but strangely enough, the person who wrote it was not the person who participated in the invasion, and even the person who participated in the search for Taohuayuan Village at that time, and no one returned; As a result, various legends began to circulate among the people.
The historians were very eager to record the deeds of the search for Taohuayuan Village that occurred during this period, but because there was no personal account of the person concerned, or leave relevant records, they began to visit the people, ask people from all sides, and finally fabricate a history about the discovery of Taohuayuan Village.
The descriptions in the history books are very romantic and beautiful, and they do their best to describe the beautiful environment here, and try their best to shape this place into a rare fairyland in the world; They also used their imagination to record the harmonious and beautiful life of the invaders and the villagers.
How wonderful everything looks!
However, there is not only one voice on this matter, and the opinions among the historians are not unanimous, some people think that it is beautiful and harmonious, and some people think that the act of searching for Taohuayuan Village is itself a kind of violation against them, and this kind of violation may bring disaster to the local people, and as historians, this kind of behavior should be stopped.
Of course, there is another voice, that is, they do not believe that anyone has found the existence of Taohuayuan Village, nor do they believe that there is Taohuayuan Village in the world, and this voice will naturally not participate in the process of compiling history.
However, with the development of history, the emperor and even many powerful people have a great interest in one of the voices - the existence of Taohuayuan Village and the harmony between the local villagers, and they do not agree that the people who are looking for Taohuayuan Village will cause a catastrophe to the local people, and they even think that this is an extremely ridiculous statement.
Gradually, only one voice remained in the official history, the one that was in favor of the invasion, and the purpose of the historians who were eager to give people a warning through this record could not be achieved.
So much so that there are still many people who have deep fantasies about Taohuayuan Village, and they have been looking for it all their lives.
Su Jiuling retracted his thoughts and looked at the direction in which the old and the young left, feeling a little fluctuating.
When the old man returned to the village, he hurriedly gathered the men of the village, and told everyone present what he had just seen.
The broad-faced man said: "Alas, we can't drive him out of the village with a few of us, so accept his fate!" ”
"What are you kidding?" The long-faced man exclaimed, "Are we going to watch him take over the village and drive us out of it?" ”
The man wearing a scarf said: "This is also a matter of no choice, you have also seen what happened at the entrance of the village (Su Jiuling's flight in the air) We are not their opponents at all." ”
The man wearing a scarf said, "Then we won't resist at all, just wait for death?" ”
A young and handsome man said: "I don't think this Su Gongzi is necessarily a bad person, although he is strong in martial arts, but looking at the temperament revealed by him up and down, he has the elegance and nobility of a literati, just like a plum blossom blooming in the cold winter, he shouldn't do anything bad to us, and he himself said so." ”
"It's like a plum blossom with a fart! Can it be eaten as a meal? Can it save us? A round-faced strong man said dissatisfied.
Everyone had different opinions, and most of them would have a good impression of Su Jiuling's intentions, but no one dared to come out and propose to lead the team to drive him away.
Red Medicine stood behind the group, listening to their conversation with a blank expression.
The atmosphere in the village began to be tense again, everyone lived a life of fear every day, the laughter in the village was gone, and when people met, they stopped talking about the interesting things that happened in their respective families, and for a while, the village was dead and without any vitality; Villagers no longer pick up their hoes and go to the fields every morning to work in the fields.
Red Medicine passed by every house and found that the doors of every house were locked, and people hid in fear and panic in the house and did not dare to come out.
She ran to the sea of flowers and found that Su Jiuling was still standing on the ground, Hongyao ran forward without hesitation, and said, "Master Su, you better leave here as soon as possible, because of your arrival, the villagers are too scared to go out now." ”
After speaking, Hongyao quietly waited for Su Jiuling's reply, however, Su Jiuling still looked at the sea of flowers in front of him expressionlessly, Hongyao was a little angry, he had already seen it just now, could it be that he deliberately pretended not to see me because he didn't want to leave here? Can't hear what I'm saying? Hongyao thought dissatisfied.
She exhaled angrily: "Young Master Su! ”
Still no response. Hongyao shouted several times in a row, but Su Jiuling still didn't react at all, and she became confused.
Hongyao walked up to Su Jiuling, waved her hand in front of him, and found that Su Jiuling was still looking at the sea of flowers in front of her expressionlessly and unresponsively, she wondered: "Su Gongzi can't see me?" Then why did you see me just now? If Su Gongzi deliberately pretended not to see me, I just called him so many times, I should be irritable! ”
The horse was bowing his head and gnawing on the grass not far away, Su Jiuling crossed his legs at this time, sat on the ground, and when the red medicine saw this, he said: "Master Su, this robe of yours is white, you can't sit casually, if it gets dirty, it's a pity, didn't I tell you before?" Why don't you listen? ”
The wind is blowing, and the sea of flowers is swaying with the wind.
When Hongyao saw Su Jiuling's expressionless and unresponsive expression, he realized that he couldn't see himself, and after Hongyao sighed, he also sat on the ground, and said to himself: "Master Su, the villagers here are very simple, but they are afraid that people from outside will suddenly break into here, before you came, it was very lively here, every house was open, even when you fell asleep at night, the door was not closed, people visited each other, whoever has delicious food, take it to share it together, but since you came here, The villagers were nervous, and the atmosphere in the village changed; I know that Su Gongzi is not a bad person, but they don't know, so Su Gongzi, you better get out of here as soon as possible. ”
After speaking, Hongyao looked up at Su Jiuling's handsome side face, at this time, Su Jiuling suddenly turned his head to look at her, Hongyao was so frightened that he didn't move, and subconsciously thought that he had seen him, however, Su Jiuling looked at it lightly for a second, and then looked at the sea of flowers with a calm expression.
Hongyao patted her nervous chest and exhaled a cloudy breath, she didn't know why she was so nervous.
Su Jiuling muttered: "The peony is still beautiful. ”
Hongyao was suddenly stunned, her heart trembled, and for some reason, she felt that Su Jiuling was saying this to herself.